BUSINESS
Margins will come under control in the next 2-3 quarters: HCL Tech CEO C Vijayakumar
HCL Technologies reported one of its best results in the quarter ended December 2021. The Noida-based IT services company’s sequential revenue grew at the fastest pace in 46 quarters. However, margins were under pressure following wage hikes and increased fresher hiring.
INDIA
School ID cards of children will be accepted for vaccination: CoWIN's RS Sharma
RS Sharma is the CEO of the National Authority and chairperson of the empowered committee for CoWin.
BUSINESS
Flipkart vs Meesho: A new war in Indian e-commerce
Moneycontrol learns from sources that six-year-old Meesho's rapid expansion and quality of execution have taken India's original internet poster boy, Flipkart, by surprise
IPO
Policybazaar parent PB Fintech lists today. Watch its founder on the growth ahead
Policybazaar and Paisabazaar operator PB Fintech shares made a decent debut on November 15 as the stock listed with a 17.35 percent premium. The opening tick on the BSE was Rs 1,150. The price trend was largely in line with analysts’ expectations and grey market trend. Watch Yashish Dahiya in conversation with Chandra R Srikanth and Priyanka Iyer
BUSINESS
Interview: I always thought I was founder of PepsiCo, believe in pay parity with a passion, says Indra Nooyi
In an exclusive interview with Moneycontrol, Indra Nooyi talks about her views on pay parity, her Indian roots, the flourishing startup ecosystem, and how she wants to give back to her country of birth.
BUSINESS
Girish Mathrubootham: Freshworks IPO is a Roger Bannister moment for Indian SaaS, 'apna time aa gaya'
The Freshworks IPO has created 500 crorepatis in India, 70 of whom are below 30 years of age, Mathrubootham told Moneycontrol in this interview.
BUSINESS
Freshworks IPO creates more than 500 crorepatis in India, with 70 of them aged below 30
The Nasdaq listing comes amid increased digitisation and growing adoption of remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has seen SaaS IPOs in the US perform spectacularly, creating billionaires overnight
STARTUP
Zomato pulls the plug on grocery delivery, banks on Grofers to crack express delivery
The mail, sent on September 11, 2021, by Zomato to its grocery partner said it intends to stop its pilot grocery delivery service effective September 17
BUSINESS
KV Kamath: The runway for India is another 25 years, digital supercycle is going to come like a wave
The former chief of ICICI Bank and New Development Bank is particularly bullish on what he calls the 'digital supercycle' that has already created millions of jobs and spurred consumption, something that India hasn't yet fully factored in
BUSINESS
In 1990, there was an offer to buy us out for Rs 2 crore. Infosys has Rs 6.5 lakh crore m-cap now: NR Narayana Murthy on 1991 reforms
As India marks 30 years of economic liberalisation on July 24, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy spoke to Moneycontrol on how the context of 1991 changed the aspirations of Infosys in one go
BUSINESS
Exclusive | Who has grown faster than us this quarter? Says Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte as company clocks best-ever Q1
Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte gave an exclusive interview to Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth and Swathi Moorthy as the company reported its best quarter in years.
BUSINESS
Rebuilding India: KV Kamath, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Manish Sabharwal share their blueprint for recovery
India Inc's most respected leaders share their thoughts on how India can return to the path of recovery and march toward its ambitions of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2025.
BUSINESS
Exclusive | Sudha Murty says Infosys Foundation to commit additional Rs 100 crore toward COVID-19 relief efforts
70-year old Murty's day usually starts at 5:30 am and she works for up to 15 hours a day, coordinating relief efforts from home, seeking requirements from various hospitals and organisations
BUSINESS
TCS likely to cross 5 lakh-employee mark in the next three months
While the company did not give hiring guidance for the first quarter, the management said it would hire over 40,000 freshers in FY 2021-22, a number similar to the previous year.
BUSINESS
Infosys may look at hiring people with Google Career Certificates for India after the US
These certificates offer programmes in four areas - Data Analytics, Project Management, User Experience (UX) Design and Associate Android Developer Certification.
BUSINESS
How these women leaders of TCS rose to the top
Four executives trace their journey inside India’s largest software exporter, share their experiences about how they and the organisation have grown, and offer some advice on how women can strike the right balance between work and home.
BUSINESS
iPhone-maker Wistron resumes operations at Kolar plant
The factory had been shut since December 12 due to wage-related issues.
BUSINESS
Uber sees demand bounce back in India, plans to accelerate hiring
Ride-hailing company wants to leverage talent in India to build tech solutions that power its operations around the world
BUSINESS
Womens Day 2021: Dreams Unlimited: Startup stories from 3 women entrepreneurs in India
They spoke about their journey, key challenges, the opportunities for women entrepreneurs in India today, and why equality at home is as important as equality in the workplace.
BUSINESS
Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal looks to disrupt India's EV market by mass producing vehicles
Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal, who aims to make the Ola FutureFactory in Tamil Nadu the world's largest two-wheeler factory, says Tesla's entry into India will be a "massive positive" for the EV ecosystem.
BUSINESS
TCS likely to cover vaccination costs for employees
Infosys that employs 2.4 lakh people and Accenture that has about 2 lakh tech workforce in India have also said that they will be covering cost of vaccination of employees and their immediate families.
BUSINESS
Infosys to cover COVID-19 vaccination cost for employees and immediate family
Infosys is looking at partnering with healthcare providers to vaccinate employees and their immediate families as eligible under the guidelines given by the government, the company said.
BUSINESS
Interview | Co-WIN app is scalable, vaccinations can go up to 1 crore a day: RS Sharma
RS Sharma, who heads the committee for India's COVID-19 vaccine delivery tech platform Co-WIN, weighs in on the app’s initial tech glitches, lessons in scale from Aadhaar, and how India can expand vaccinations to cover 1 crore people a day.
BUSINESS
Exclusive: SaaS firm Chargebee guns for unicorn status with $1.4 billion valuation in fundraise
The fundraising round will likely be led by a fresh US-based investor, with existing backers Tiger Global Management, Steadview Capital and Insight Partners doubling down on their bets.
